# FIND and Replace Dialog Box
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The Find and Replace Dialog Box is used to specify the text users want to find, replace, or select and control the scope and results of search.
## Dialog Box Description:
**Find what:**
Specify the character string to find. Input any literal strings with wildcard characters, or select one of six strings from the current used list.
**Replace with:**
Specify the string to replace. Input literal strings or select one of six strings from the current used list.
**Find where:**
Specify where to find, in entire drawing, current space/layout, or selected objects. If users has selected an object, it will find in the object. The default is entire drawing. Users could create or modify selection set by clicking "Select object" button with "Find and Replace" dialog box popping off temporarily.
**"select objects" button:**
Allow users to select objects in a drawing with "Find and Replace" dialog box popping off temporarily. Turn back to dialog box by pressing ENTER.
When selecting objects, it displays "Selected objects" option by default.
**List results:**
List research result in placement(model space or layout), object Type, and Text tables. Users could sort the result by column.
**Advance options:**
Display options to define types of object and text for finding.
**Replace:**
Replace texts in "Find what" by texts in "Replace with".
**Replace All:**
Replaces all samples by texts in "Replace with".
**Find:**
Begin to find texts in "Find what". This button may be not available if nothing inputted in "Find what". It may change to be "Find Next" once the first matching object found. Users could find next matching object by clicking "Find Next" button.
**Search Options:**
Specify types for object and text to find.
> **Match case:**
> Take text case as one part of find criteria.
> **Find whole words only:**
> Only to find text completely match with text in "Find what".
> **Use wildcards:**
> Users could use wildcards when finding.
> **Search xrefs:**
> The find result includes texts in xrefs.
> **Search blocks:**
> The find result includes texts in blocks.
> **Ignore hidden items:**
> Ignore hidden items in find result. The hidden item could be texts on frozen or closed layers, texts in block definition which created by invisible mode, and texts in dynamic block under visible state.
> **Match diacritics:**
> The find result should match diacritics marks or stress.
> **Match half or full width forms**
> The find result should match half or full width forms.
**Text types:**
Specify types of text object when finding. It includes all options by default.
> **Block attribute value:**
> The find result includes block attribute value.
> **Dimension or leader text**
> The find result includes dimension or leader text.
> **Single-line or multiline text**
> The find result includes single-line or multiline text.
> **Table text:**
> The find result includes text in tables.
> **Hyperlink description:**
> The find result includes text in hyperlink description.
> **Hyperlink:**
> The find result includes text in hyperlinks.
## Other versions with matching text
[GstarCAD 2016](../../../2016/Commands/03%20Dialog%20Boxes/FIND%20and%20Replace%20Dialog%20Box.md) · [GstarCAD 2017](../../../2017/Commands/03%20Dialog%20Boxes/FIND%20and%20Replace%20Dialog%20Box.md) · [GstarCAD 2018](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/Commands/03%20Dialog%20Boxes/FIND%20and%20Replace%20Dialog%20Box.md) · [GstarCAD 2020](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/Commands/03%20Dialog%20Boxes/FIND%20and%20Replace%20Dialog%20Box.md) · [GstarCAD 2021](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/Commands/03%20Dialog%20Boxes/FIND%20and%20Replace%20Dialog%20Box.md)